Law of the Jungle (Monogram) (1942)

Arline Judge Returns to Hollywood and to Films Arline Judge feels that she has finally settled down to resume her career as a motion picture actress. Miss Judge comes to the ___..__.-..--.Theatre: On sees in the leading feminine role of the Monogram comedy-drama, “Law of the Jungle,” in which “During the five years I was away from the screen,’ said Miss Judge recently, “I also spent most of the time away from Hollywood. I didn’t know just what I wanted to do, and I was so restless that I was continually on the move. I made two trips to Europe, four to Nassau and three to Honolulu, but I seemed unable to stay in one place for very long at a time. “But now I have come back to Hollywood to stay, and to take up my motion picture career where I abandoned it five years ago. I have already appeared in three pictures, and I realize now that this is the thing I am most interested in doing. I am building a home at Bel Air, next door to Hollywood, where I will have a wonderful view of Los Angeles and the ocean. With this as an anchor,-and with my renewed interest in the screen, I am convinced that I have finally settled down. “As a matter of fact, I think I have used the past five years in simply growing up.” The supporting cast appearing with Miss Judge and King in “Law of the Jungle” is headed by Mantan Moreland, and also includes Arthur O’Connell, C. Montague Shaw, Guy Kingsford, Victor Kendall and Feodor Chaliapin. Jean Yarbrough directed for Producer Lindsley Parsons, and the original screenplay was written by George Bricker, with additional dialogue by Edmond Kelso. JUNGLE FILM ON WAY An excellent cast, a colorful locale and a highly interesting story are combined in “Law of the Jungle,’ Monogram’s filmplay of Darkest Africa which opens an engageTHEIUVAL MBE) versie sincere eee theatre on Sr See Arline Judge and John King play the leading roles, and the cast also includes Mantan Moreland, Arthur O’Connell, C. Montague Shaw, Guy Kingsford, Victor Kendall and Feodor Chaliapin. The picture was produced by Lindsley Parsons and directed by Jean Yarbrough, with original screenplay by George Bricker and additional dialogue by Edmond Kelso. she is featured with John King. TOS RRS URNA a EG ENG TESS SEE are CAST Nona..........Arline Judge TREE Oe ee Cee kes John King PS Ne tan Mantan Moreland Bongo.... ...Martin Wilkins Simmons. ..Arthur O’Connell Burke. ...C. Montague Shaw Whiteside... .Guy Kingsford Grozman..... Victor Kendall Belts......Feodor Chaliapin Mojobo...,. Lawrence Criner SHOES FOR DANCING After studying stage dancing under the famous Jack Donohue, Arline Judge made her professional debut in a dancing act put on as an attraction at a shoe and leather fair in Boston. Miss Judge comes to the aeRO NOR ake theatre on “Law of the Jungle,” the Monogram comedy-drama in which she is featured with John King. Sagoo teak os in | __ARLINE JUDGE | Arline Judge gets one of the season’s most colorful roles as a girl fugitive in “Law of The Jungle” at Che an Seas. Theatre. One Col. Cut or Mat No. 1 HERE’S THE COLORFUL STORY (Not for Publication) It is wartime in the trading village of Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa. Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living by singing in the cafe-barroom of the local hotel. Simmons, the proprietor, is secretly in lea gue with Grozman and Belts, foreign agents who are stirring up trouble among the native tribes. Larry Mason, American explorer and paleontologist, leaves for the jungle with his negro servant, Jett, and a safari of natives. Soon after, Hobson, of the British Intelli gence, arrives in town, and atter he is killed in the cate a hireling of Grozman and Belts hides his report on local conditions in the lining of Nona’s coat. Fearing trouble, Nona escapes into the jungle—innocently taking the coat with her! She finally makes her way to Larry’s camp, and Grozman and Belts are ejected when they arrive in pur suit of her. Proceding into the jungle, the safari is attacked by hostile savages, and Larry, Nona and Jeff are taken to the native village, where the girl finlly discovers Hobson's report in the lining of her jacket. Grozman and Belts, still intent on destroying the document, are in the village posing as officers. It transpires that Oxford graduate and lodge the evidence of the report, Mojobo, the native chief, is an brother of the dusky Jetf. On Grozman and Belts are taken into custody, and Nona accepts Larry's proposal of mar riage. Arline Judge and John King as a “Law of The Jungle.” esque setting combine to add the Jungle,” the Monogram pavement at the: oe girl fugitive and a daring scientist brave the perils of the jungle in their daring flight from Nazi agents in Two Column Cut or Mat No. 15 "Law of the Jungle’’ Offers Exciting African Adventure (Review) An exceptional cast, an interesting story and a pictur to the enjoyment of ‘Law of picture which opened an entheatre last night. Arline Judge and John King are featured in the leading jiolesspoaksh avelylsoyjam cchqsvmae NU Zech Uhi{ey iF Ove Oko erga a possibilities of their roles, and give performances which are pleasing and convincing. In the story King is an American archaeologist who leads an exploratory expedition into the jungles of. South Africa, and Miss King is a stranded entertainer forced to earn a temporary living by singing in a hotel cafe at a trading settlement. When a British intelligence agent is slain by German agents secretly engaged in stirring up the native tribes the girl, fearing implication, flees into the jungle in search of King, in spite of the fact that he nas rebuffed her at their previous meeting. The pair are subsequently endangered by German agents, savage tribesmen and even a giant gorilla, and are the center of many thrilling adventures until they finally encounter a strange situation in a native village. Though the plot of the story is essentially dramatic, frequent comedy interludes are supplied by Mantan Moreland, who is seen as the negro manservant of the explorer. Other members of the cast are Arthur O’Connell, C. Montague Shaw, Guy Kingsford, Victor Kendall, Feodor Chaliapin, Martin Wilkins and Lawrence Criner. “Law of the Jungle’ was directed by Jean Yarbrough from an original screenplay by George Bricker, with additional dialogue by Edmond Kelso. Lindsley Parsons produced. WORKING STUDENT John King, singer and actor, obtained his college education “the hard way,” since he worked his way through the University of Cincinnati’s night school while he labored as a checker and stoker in a local grain elevator during the daytime. King comes to the ........ theatre OWN So ay eRe os in “Law of the Jungle,’ Monogram’s colorful comedydrama in which he is featured with Arline Judge. ARLINE A RACKETEER Arline Judge takes part in many athletic sports, but is especially expert in tennis, and plays a harddriving game in spite of the fact that she weighs only 99 pounds. Miss Judge comes to the .......... theatre On sacs. s. in ‘‘Law of the Jungle,’ Monogram’s South African comedy-drama in which she is featured with John King. | READY FOR TROUBLE | Savage tribesmen and man-killing beasts are but two of the dangers faced by Arline Judge and John King in “Law of The Jungle” com a Nee ne Theatre soon. One Col. Cut or Mat No. 2 ing to the '[_Gunete DRAMA A REAL SPINE-TINGLER _|/Studio “Green Man” Creates a Jungle A bit of the almost impenetrable South African jungle was literally set down in a sound stage at Monogram’s Hollywocd studios as the setting for “Law of the Jungle,’ the colorful comedy-drama which comes CO} GHC ee A. Gheatre: Ons Ae cree with Arline Judge and John King in the featured roles. The production of this picture involved a tremendous task on the part of the studio “green man,” whose duty it is to supply all greenery used in settings. The ‘green man” and his assistants visited every plant nursery in the Los Angeles area, selecting hundreds of trees, plants and shrubs for use at the studio. A search was instituted for large trees of the types desired and many of these were cut down and set up again in the sound stage. Moss and creepers were festooned from these live trees, until the entire scene was a remarkably accurate reproduction of a large area in the depths of the jungle. Much of the action of the picture takes place in some part of this giant setting and in another representing a native village, in scenes in which King, Miss Judge and their safari of dusky bearers are beset not only by savages but by German agents who have incited the natives to rebellion. “Law of the Jungle” was directed by Jean Yarbrough for Producer Lindsley Parsons, and the supporting cast, headed by Mantan Moreland, also includes Arthur O’Connell, C. Montague Shaw, Guy Kingsford and Feodor Chaliapin. Monkey Business One thoroughly frightened colored man and one giant gorilla, face to face in the African jungle, are calculated to elicit shrieks of laughter from a theatre audience, in spite of the danger involved. This is the situation in “Law of the Jungle,” the Monogram comedydrama which comes to the ........ theatre Onwees.weee i , with Mantan Moreland as the negro manservant of an African explorer. But events take a more serious turn when the ferocious animal threatens the lives of Arline Judge and John King, who play the featured roles in this colorful story of the Dark Continent. Trapped in a cave, they are menaced simultaneously by the beast and a party of native savages bent on their capture. Jean Yarbrough directed “Law of the Jungle,” which was produced by Lindsley Parsons, and other members of the cast are Arthur O’Connell, C. Montague Shaw, Guy Kingsford, Victor Kendall and ¥Feodor Chaliapin. Colorful Film of African Jungles at Local Theatre (Advance) The seething jungles of South Af-¥ rica form the setting for “Law of the Jungle,” the colorful Monogram comedy-drama which comes to the AERA ea theatre On 2.3.20... 3. Arline Judge and John King are featured in the leading roles, and become the center of an exciting series of events as the story progresses, culminating when they find themselves prisoners in the village of a savage tribe. In the story King is an American archaeologist, accompanied by his colored servant Jeff, who leads a safari into the fastnesses of the African forests in search of relics of the past. Miss Judge is an American singer and actress, stranded in a little South African trading town and forced into the service of German spies engaged in stirring up the native tribes against the British. Fearing implication in the murder of an intelligence agent at the settlement, she follows King into the jungle, in spite of the fact that he, misunderstanding her character and motives, has snubbed her at a previous meeting in the cafe where she was forced to earn her living while awaiting funds and passport. The climax finds the entire party beset by German agents and native tribesmen. The principal player in support of Miss Judge and King in “Law of the Jungle,” in the role of Jeff, is Mantan Moreland, noted negro comedian; and other important parts are encted by Arthur O’Connelil, Victor Kendall, C. Montague Shaw, Guy Kingsford and Feodor Chaliapin. The picture was produced by Lindsley Parsons, and directed by Jean Yarbrough.